Zwift Classics 2020 Announced

The Zwift Classics race series debuted in July 2019 as a simple set of monthly invitational races for 5-member men and women’s teams. Zwift has just announced the Classics series for 2020, and it has expanded in scope to include the entire racing community in the fun.

These races are sure to be hugely popular – here are the details!

Race Format

Similar to what we’ve seen with Tour de Zwift and Tour of Watopia, a Pro/Am Invitational race will be held (and live-streamed) the day before each race opens up to the full Zwift community. Watch how the world’s top Zwift racers take on the course, then tackle it yourself!

Each Pro-Am race will feature different race challenges ranging from scratch race format to team points races to individual points races. Teams lined up to race include SEG Racing, Ribble-Weldtite, Hagens Berman Axeon, NTT, Canyon-dhb, Canyon/SRAM and TWENTY20.

Race Categories

Women can join the women’s only races, or hop into the mixed race. Be sure to enter the correct category for your abilities! Here are the FTP watts per kilo breakpoints for each category:

Race Results on ZwiftPower

Final race results for this series will be managed by ZwiftPower, meaning those riding below their proper category will be removed from race results.

If you aren’t already signed up for ZwiftPower – why aren’t you? It’s where all the final race results live for Zwift racing. Get to it!

See the “Getting Set up” portion of our “How to Race on Zwift” post for details on getting set up on ZwiftPower.

Race PowerUps

All five race-specific PowerUps will be enabled. Use them wisely to conserve energy and boost your attacks!

Read PowerUps in Zwift: Advanced Usage Tips >

Event Schedule

Community races are scheduled hourly for four days apiece, starting at 30 minutes past the hour.

Yorkshire Grand Prix

Route: Yorkshire 2019 UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit, 1 lap
Distance: 13.8km (8.6 miles), Elevation Gain: 240m (787′)
Pro-Am Race (Women): April 5 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 6-9 – see schedule on ZwiftHacks

London International

Route: London Loop, 1 lap
Distance: 14.9 km (9.2 miles), Elevation Gain: 220m (722′)
Pro-Am Race (Men): April 9 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 10-13

Trofeo Bologna

Route: Bologna TT, 1 lap (pen to KOM finish)
Distance: 8km (5 miles), Elevation Gain: 230m (757′)
Pro-Am Race (Women): April 13 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 14-17

Richmond Challenge

Route: Richmond 2015 UCI Worlds, 1 lap
Distance: 16.3km (10.1 miles), Elevation Gain: 142m (467′)
Pro-Am Race (Men): April 17 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 18-21

Watopia Cup

Route: Jungle Circuit, 2 laps
Distance: 21.4km (13.3 miles), Elevation Gain: 167m (548′)
Pro-Am Race (Women): April 21 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 22-25

Crit City Slam

Route: Downtown Dolphin, 8 laps
Distance: 15.5km (9.6 miles), Elevation Gain: 64m (209′)
Pro-Am Race (Men): April 25 at 7pm BST – watch on YouTube
Community Races: April 26-29

See all the event details at zwift.com/events/series/zwift-classics >

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